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Obituaries » George White Burial Date January 20, 2018 Funeral Home Hessling Funeral Home Share your Memorial with Family & Friends George White Jr., 90, of Honesdale, died on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at Wayne Memorial Hospital. He was preceded in death by his wife, Norma Teeple White in 1993. The couple married June 30, 1951. Born on November 6, 1927 in Olyphant, PA, he was the son of the George White Sr. and Bessie Perry White. George grew up working on the family farm in Lake Ariel. George did a little of everything. He began working at the former Banner Shoe Factory in Honesdale and later was a truck driver for several local businesses including Garings, Narrowsburg Lumber and Cochecton Mills. He had also worked at Case Tire and did small engine repairs at Agway. During all this time, he and his wife owned and operated a dairy farm in Pine Mill. In his spare time, George continued to work, sharpening knives and saws, taught himself to be a locksmith, caning chairs, working on old engines and rebuilding old tractors. He especially enjoyed being out in the fields with his team of horses haying. George was a member of the Pine Mill Methodist Church and attended the Free Methodist Church of South Canaan. Surviving is his daughter Sharon Coar and husband Joseph of Honesdale; his sons Douglas White and wife Laurie Adams White of Lake Ariel and Verdon White and wife Pamela of Hawley; his brothers Charles White and wife Janet of Pine Mill and Robert White of Hamlin; his sisters Bessie Moore and Edna Zieler both of Lake Ariel; his grandchildren Joseph III, Matthew and Jeremy Coar, Brandie Weist, Zachary White, Ashley Wilson, Amanda and Brett Lockwood; 15 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his son Derwood White, daughter Heather White and grandson James Lockwood. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 20th at Hessling Funeral Home, Inc., 428 Main St. Honesdale at noon. Friends may visit on Saturday, 10 until service time. As per his request, cremation will follow and private interment will be in Pine Mill Cemetery in the spring. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Pine Mill Methodist Church, PO Box 55, Equinunk, PA 18417 or the Wayne County Library, 1406 Main St. Honesdale, PA 18431 or to the donors favorite charity. Check your settings when you are happy with your print preview press the print icon below.
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